He is absolutely horrible and sends people to Honor Council for forgetting a closing quotation mark on a ROUGH DRAFT, even if the source is cited. He should go somewhere far far away from here because he is the worst teacher on campus by far.

He has been the worse professor I've ever had. His lectures are boring and he couldn't even keep me interested... and i'm spanish! I hope he doesn't come back here.. he should retire.

I hated this class.He was an aweful prof i studied my ass off for the first two tests and made F's, on the third test i didn't look at any info and made a C.Tests didn't pertain to info.DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. #1 GPA KILLER!!!!!!! info was interesting but not a fair grader and not helpful.

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Do not take this class! He is incredibly demanding yet incredibly vague as to what he want. His class killed my GPA. He also has this "high and mighty" attitude toward students and wouldn't help you out if your life depended on it. Stay far away from him!

Teaches at a graduate level, requires excessive reading, writting, and WILL lower your GPA. Acts omnipotent towards students while at the same time promoting books from his publisher (Oxford) as mandatory readings, in which have no resale value to school. Unless you have no choice, avoid at all cost!Class averages and succes rates are terrible!

i immediately changed my major after failing this class. He is the most arrogant man i have ever met. I know this is college and you should expect more work, but this guy is freaking nuts. Speaks down to everyone and is an overall jackA**.

WORST CLASS YOU WILL EVER TAKE! For the love of God DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! NO ONE CARES! IF YOU EVER READ THIS, NO ONE GIVES A**** ABOUT LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY! I learned NOTHING from your class. I HATED your class. I am not saying he is a bad person but GOD DAMN this class was IMPOSSIBLE to do well in. He grades everything SO UNFAIRLY...

This teacher suck ass. Yes, he try to help the students, but he is just a jerk. What I want to say is that I don't need his help. He give the student the impossible mission. I just want to finish my history lesson. I don't want to spend most of my time on this weird class and still fail!!!

This professor is like a good doctor with HORRIBLE bedside manners. Sarcastic and cold. I would not recommend him to students who are new to college. Lots of reading. Extremely DRY lecture. You can study your *** off but still have a hard time passing quizzes and tests. Good luck to any who take this man!

The negativity and arrogant personality is astounding. Assumes students are already experts in Latin Amer./Carribbean history beforehand. His expectations definitely are unreasonable if not insane. Someone needs to tell him that the purpose of college is to LEARN and NOT to fail students.

SMART PROFESSOR, BUT VERY RUDE TO PEOPLE. HE WILL MASSACRE YOUR WRITING. SHOULD NOT BE A HISTORY TEACHER, BUT A ENGLISH TEACHER. GOOD LUCK FOR EVERYONE WHO IS TAKING HIM IN OTHER CLASSES THAT HE MIGHT BE TEACHING IN THE FUTURE.

EXTREMELY HARD! DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! As an engineering major, I couldn't care less about history, but Holden made it possible. He is extremely cruel to his class, he doesn't post notes and he requires you to read too much. Did he forget that this was a 100 level class? AVOID THIS MAN AT ALL COST!

Dont Take this class with this teacher if you have other classes. A whole lot of work and extensive reading is required! Go to class or you will fail!

He gives 100 pages a night to read and if you dont put in atleast 9 hours a week into studying for the class you won't get higher than a D-.

Horrible professor, not helpful at all. I went in for help on a paper he assigned and followed his suggestions he gave me, still received a C-. Lecture and notes are very bad. Not a likable person and assigns redundant readings and papers.Do not take this prof. you will regret it.

this dude was HORRIBLE. he assigned more reading for his 100 level class than i have had in all my other classes combined. his ta's are pretty chill and even they say this guy is an ass and a bad professor. his lectures are so boring. if you take his class, may god have mercy on your soul...... and your gpa

AVOID THIS CLASS AT ALL COST!!! FIRSTLY LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY IS HORRIBLE AND PROFESSOR HOLDEN ONLY MAKES IT WORST! THE DISCUSSION SECTION IS COOL BUT THE ACTUAL CLASS IS AWFUL! HE'S VAGUE AND DOES PURE DICTATION AND THE TEST ARE CONFUSING! THE BOOK IS NO TEXTBOOK ITS A NOVEL! HORRRRRRRRIBLE!!!!!!!

this guy is the worst teacher i have ever seen. the way he speaks during lectures remind me of the actor ben stein because he is so monotone and boring. i hate this class and i especially hate him. he is a terrible teacher and goes through his lectures too fast to take detailed notes. i ditched his class in the first 3 weeks of classes. BEWARE!!!!!

Take this class if you want to fail. This is the truth way to hard for its level 100. I failed can't wait to take it all over again YAY!!!! NOT

Not sure how this is even considered a 100 level class. Very difficult to follow and boring to the point of exhaustion. I don't recommend this for freshmen

Terrible professor. Not very helpful with much. Missed a few classes and he wouldn't tell me what I missed.

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR!! Especially if you just need it for a Gen Ed! He assigns alot of reading and his lectures are boring. I took him for Historical Methods and he did not even teach the objective of the class. I HATE THIS CLASS and I am probably going to drop this class.

This has literally been the hardest class of my whole life! You must read the book entirely! He expects you to read the book before the second class. Take notes and always date them! He doesn't give any sympathy and attendance is mandatory otherwise he will take off points! Always pay attention. This class is honestly going through hell!

He takes off 2 points from your FINAL GRADE: for every time you're late, absent, leave early, use your phone, or talk. He grades hard, lectures are long, monotone and boring. only take if you have to - if you wanna pass read the assigned stuff/skim do 3 out 5 quizzes all onlin, midterm/final STUDY!! go hard on analysis. speak in class 3 ec points

His class is very hard for an introductory class. He's dry and talks in the same boring tone of voice in all of his lectures. Yes he knows much about what he is teaching about, but his class is hard. I would not recommend this professor at all. There is a lot of reading involved. I want to punch my past self for registering for his class.

terrible teacher. It was an Absolutely miserable time

The entire class is based upon the text book which is very difficult to understand. There is no outside help for his class, and offers little to no clarification. I would not take his class again, his lectures are dry and difficult to understand.

You are better off picking a different history class (Like European History). He is knowledgeable about Latin American history, but the way he presents it is not that great. A challenge is awaiting you if you're really want this class, so you need to think carefully before taking this course.

Terrible feedback, doesnt know what hes talking about majority of the time. What he says is different than whats in the textbook.

To be conpletely honest he is an awful professor he grades really hard to the point you can answer the question fully and he will still take points awful DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS

rude and unhelpful.

What's supposed to be maybe 3 hours of work per week turns into 10, all just to scrape the bottom of the barrel for a C. This is a 100 level class that he treats like a 400 level and teaches it with the most monotone and unhelpful tone. There is no room for error and he assigns LOTS of reading from a very difficult book to grasp. Beware.

Worst professor ever. The textbook he uses is so long and dense its hard to grasp anything and he doesnt give ANY guidance as to what we should write for notes or what we need to know. He deducts points for nothing and then wont tell you what you did wrong. HE IS A VERY TOUGH GRADER! His midterm and final are timed essays

Very harsh grader. Takes off points for petty reasons.

I highly suggest you rethink taking this course. He is a very tough grader and there is plenty to read in this course. What should only take 3 hours to do at most, takes much longer, and even if you believe you're doing well and are using your skills and applying them to the hw and exams he will take off points for petty reasons. Also very RUDE

Worst professor ever. I spoke to him about getting my grade up very early on, I listened to everything he told me to do. HE STILL FAILED ME. He only gave me feedback on my forums twice and the readings took way longer than they should have to find the information needed. The midterm, final, and quizzes are extremely hard.

Pos:Not essay heavy. quizzes get 2 attempts. Negs:He's very critical of your forum posts, midterm and final essays. His lectures are long and boring. He speaks with a monotone voice. If you dare fast-forward through the lecture you may miss something he says for 4 secs that he will put on the quiz. Class is doable but wouldve preferred another prof

Majority of assignments are discussion posts which grades overly harshly and has extremely high expectations of. He expects you to be able to give extremely detailed and thorough responses to multiple weekly study questions, which would be completely fine if he didn't have a hard cap of only being able to write 150 words per discussion post.

I have taken over 70 credits for my degree and he is BY FAR the WORST professor I have ever had. He is an extremely difficult grader, has one assignment per week, is not lenient, and treats every class like a graduate course. If you are a history major, he is good, if you are not, RUN!!!

I dropped this because I felt like I would fail. He's rude and doesn't explain how he wants things. He told me I was not citing and using the book for sources when I would state the authors name and the page number and quotes of what I was using and it was not good enough.

There is way too much reading for the little information you need from the textbook. The only grades are tests, quizzes, and discussion board posts. Don't expect to be successful, because it isn't possible with him. Somehow using groupme is cheating, even though exams are proctored... The most burdensome professor at odu. Take another class!!

If you value your grades- BEWARE. Discussion boards are impossible even if perfect by criteria. His class is by far the most time consuming of any class I have ever taken, be prepared to spend 12+ hours on his class a week, and the requirements are impossible to meet. He managed to ruin what might've been a fascinating class. Don't do it.

horrible Midterm and final are two essays 500 words and you only have 60 minutes have to know each lecture very clearly. lectures are hours long and there's more than one video for each module You HAVE to read the book or not passing. For majors who only need one history credit like me this was an awful class to invest in too much effort for 3 cred

the things he puts students through will get him a striaght trip to he!! save urself before its too late i promise dont make the mistake of taking him.